This one may hurt a bit Red Sox Nation, so I’ll apologize now for re-opening an old wound. Just remember that things have been pretty damn good in Boston since the fall of 2003 and you’ll be alright! That’s right friends, we’re in the Wayback Machine once again and we’re heading back to October 2003.
Things were lining up for what could’ve been a historic World Series that would’ve seen two of the most tortured fanbases in all of sports meet up in the big dance. The Red Sox and Chicago Cubs had each forced their respective LCS’s to game sevens and were mere hours from the Fall Classic.